This morning I had a pleasant shave with a wool fat soap, cheap boar brush and a RazorHawk V2 with a Kia Captin blade in it. All was lovely, three passes and I'm as smooth as James Bond after a shaken martin.
The other day I had a shave with King of Shaves no foam shave gel and a Claymore fitted with a Feather Pro. All was lovely, one (very careful) pass and I'm equally, if not more, smooth than I was today.
Over my very sophistaicated breakfast ofvodka martins and a couple of cigarettes supermarket own-brand cereal I got thinking. If I use the Claymore I need one pass, if I use a "safer" razor (such as my RazorHawk or EJ DE89) I need at least 2, but have been known to do 4 to get the extra close shave.
If I have a proper shave (with shave soap puck and brush) I always have plenty on my brush to do 4+ passes. I find this quite off putting when using the Claymore, as a second pass with that is pushing my luck to avoid blood loss, yet after one pass I still have a very much fully loaded brush. I've tried to load the brush less, but I seem to struggle to get the middle ground between not enough and more than enough for 4 passes.
So far I've got three options:
- Use KoS gels or similar (currently used)
- Use a shave soap stick, and spread straight on face (but I've yet to find one which I like)
- Man up, ignore my "but that's wasteful" habit, and just rinse off the brush after the first pass
The other day I had a shave with King of Shaves no foam shave gel and a Claymore fitted with a Feather Pro. All was lovely, one (very careful) pass and I'm equally, if not more, smooth than I was today.
Over my very sophistaicated breakfast of
If I have a proper shave (with shave soap puck and brush) I always have plenty on my brush to do 4+ passes. I find this quite off putting when using the Claymore, as a second pass with that is pushing my luck to avoid blood loss, yet after one pass I still have a very much fully loaded brush. I've tried to load the brush less, but I seem to struggle to get the middle ground between not enough and more than enough for 4 passes.
So far I've got three options:
- Use KoS gels or similar (currently used)
- Use a shave soap stick, and spread straight on face (but I've yet to find one which I like)
- Man up, ignore my "but that's wasteful" habit, and just rinse off the brush after the first pass